3 arrested in Rogers Park armed robberies

Three people were arrested Friday night in connection with two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side, Chicago police said this afternoon.

Shortly before 9 p.m. Friday, Rogers Park District and Belmont Area Gang Enforcement Team officers responded to a call of an armed robbery in the 6700 block of North Lakewood Avenue, where a 34-year-old man was robbed, police said.

The robbers allegedly approached the victim in front of his house, displayed a handgun, demanded his belongings and fled on foot. Shortly thereafter, police said, the same group committed an additional robbery and an attempted robbery in the 1200 block of West Columbia Avenue, where two other men, 20 and 34, were approached in the same fashion.

The officers obtained a description of the robbers, saw them walking on the street and tried to stop them. Police said the three ran away but were eventually arrested following a short foot chase. The victims all identified the robbers as their assailants, police said.

Police said Calvin Bayliss, 22, of the 6300 block of North Lakewood Avenue, Michael Turner, 19, of the 7700 block of South Lowe Avenue and a 15-year-old boy, whose personal information was not being released since he's a juvenile, were each charged with two counts of armed robbery with a firearm and one count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm.

The weapon used in the robberies was never found, but the victims' belongings were returned, police said.